Philip Salomons - Biography

Philip Salomons (1796–1867) was born in London and was a City of London financier, as were his father and his brother, Sir David Salomons.

Solomons travelled extensively in the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized citizen in 1826. Later that year, however, he returned to England and resumed his British citizenship.

Solomons married Emma Abigail Montefiore, (1833–1859) in 1850 when he was 54 and she was 17. She died aged 26 and he died eight years later; their children were reared by Sir David. The couple are buried in the West Ham Jewish Cemetery.

Salomons followed his father as Warden of London's New Synagogue in 1843. He succeeded his brother as a representative on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. A devout man, he had his own private Roof-top synagogue on top of his Hove home.

He married late, at 54, when his wife was only 17. She died aged 26 and he died eight years later, leaving his children to the care of their uncle, David Salomons .

Salomons served as Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff of Sussex (1852) and Deputy Lieutenant of the County.

He was a noted collector of antique Judaica.

The Tablets of the Ten Commandments from the synagogue are preserved in the collection of the Salomons Museum in Tunbridge Wells.

Salomons was father of Sir David Lionel Salomons.